The Road To Mandalay (15)

Midi Z | 2016 | Myanmar | 108’ 

In this fascinating drama, two Burmese 20-somethings discover the grass isn't that much greener when they are smuggled into Thailand to find work. Lianqing finds a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant while Guo works in a textile factory in the suburb. Their sweetly tentative romance acts as a refreshing contrast to an agonising reality that sees Lianqing's desire to acquire legal papers frustrated by police bribery and greedy officials, with drugs and the sex trade looming as fallback options. A story of the modern age where love cannot always conquer all.

£7.30 (£5.50)